Julia Gfrörer (@doopliss) and I, and more importantly OUR TWO ADORABLE CHILDREN, will be attending the Comic Arts Brooklyn festival tomorrow from 11am - 7pm at Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg. We hope to see you there! Find us at table U26.
Mirror Mirror II, the comics and art anthology I’m coediting with Julia Gfrörer, is now available for preorder on Amazon. The book contains new and unpublished work from Lala Albert, Clive Barker Heather Benjamin, Apolo Cacho, Sean Christensen, Nicole Claveloux, Al Columbia, Dame Darcy, Noel Freibert, Renee French, Meaghan Garvey, Julia Gfrörer (with Claude Paradin), Simon Hanselmann (with Sean T. Collins), Aidan Koch, Laura Lannes, Céline Loup, Uno Moralez, Mou, Jonny Negron, Chloe Piene, Josh Simmons, Carol Swain, and Trungles, with an introduction by Gretchen Felker-Martin.
But you don’t have to take my word for it:
“A thought-provoking, richly entertaining collection from some of the most exciting comic artists working today. A must read for fans of the horrific and perverse.” —Bryan Cogman, co-executive producer/writer, Game of Thrones
“Editors Sean T. Collins and Julia Gfrörer have assembled an exquisitely creepy and seductive new collection of comics with Mirror Mirror II. From Uno Moralez’s pixilated noirs to Dame Darcy’s ornate Gothic ghost stories, the wide range of horror here is fantastic, as characters creep and fuck in the shadows of unimaginable darkness throughout. It’s certainly the perfect, freaky anthology for you, your lover, and all the demons in your mind.” —Hazel Cills, MTV News
While at the CXC comics show in Columbus, I did a couple of
interviews in these weird little pod study rooms just off of the
festival floor. It was very convenient to have and easy to use.
My first interview was with Sean T Collins. Sean has been involved
comics criticism since the early 2000’s. He has been on the inkstuds
before for a critics roundtable many years. I don’t see Sean very often,
but I thought since we would be at the same show, it would be a good
chance to catch up.
Sean has stepped away from directly focusing comics criticism to the
greener pastures of tv show reviewing for many high profile entertain
sites. He recently he posted a list of 33 favorite graphic novels for the Thrillist.
Sean’s next upcoming comics related project is Mirror Mirror 2 from 2d Cloud.
An anthology that he is co-editing with Julia Gfrörer. The contributor
list is aces and I am really looking forward to checking it out when it
comes out in the new year.
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Julia Gfrörer (aka @doopliss) will be attending SPX, the Small Press Expo, in Bethesda, Maryland this Saturday and Sunday, and I’ll be along for the ride. This is a very special show for several reasons: First, it sees the debut of her new graphic novel Laid Waste from @fantagraphics. Second, it’s the first time in several years that she’ll be selling copies of her previous works Black Is the Color and Flesh and Bone, long out of print or otherwise unavailable.
You can find her (and me) using the map below:
She’ll be at table C2, and Laid Waste, Black Is the Color, and the anthology Kramers Ergot 9 in which she makes an appearance will also be available from Fantagraphics at tables 56-61. We hope to see you there!
featuring new and unpublished work by Lala Albert, Clive Barker, Heather Benjamin, Apolo Cacho, Sean Christensen, Nicole Claveloux, Al Columbia, Dame Darcy, Noel Freibert, Renee French, Meaghan Garvey, Julia Gfrörer (with Claude Paradin), Simon Hanselmann (with Sean T. Collins), Hellen Jo, Aidan Koch, Laura Lannes, Céline Loup, Uno Moralez, Mou, Jonny Negron, Chloe Piene, Josh Simmons, Carol Swain, Trungles
Lala Albert / Clive Barker / Heather Benjamin / Sean Christensen / Nicole Claveloux / Sean T. Collins / Al Columbia / Dame Darcy / Noel Freibert / Renee French / Meaghan Garvey / Julia Gfrörer / Simon Hanselmann / Hellen Jo / Hadrianus Junius / Aidan Koch / Laura Lannes / Céline Loup / Uno Moralez / Mou / Chloe Piene / Josh Simmons / Carol Swain
horror / pornography / the Gothic / the abject
edited by Sean T. Collins & Julia Gfrörer published by 2dcloud Q1 2017 | advance copies Fall 2016
In the meantime, the best way you can support our book is by supporting @2dcloud right now. If you order their current winter collection on their kickstarter, or simply pitch in, you’ll keep them in a healthy financial position for our book later in the year. Don’t get me wrong, we’re all committed to seeing this thing through no matter what, but every bit helps, and you’ll get some truly cutting-edge comics in the bargain (if you want). Please check it out!
